Kemper delay could force repayment of $133 million
JACKSON — If Mississippi Power Co. misses a May deadline to complete construction of a $4.3 billion power plant in Kemper County, it will be
Groups spar over use of money in Kemper power plant fight
JACKSON — A free-market advocacy group that opposes Mississippi Power’s $4.7 billion coal-fired power plant under construction in Kemper County now finds itself on the
Wyatt Emmerich: Time for Southern Company — not taxpayers — to pay Kemper’s bill
With southeast Mississippians paying 66 percent more for electricity and Southern Company writing off a billion dollars in losses, it’s reasonable to conclude the Kemper lignite plant is not working out well.
PSC says Kemper plant rate cap to stand
JACKSON — Southern District Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz says he won’t vote to raise the $2.4 billion cap set by regulators for the Southern
Southern Co. taking $450M charge for Miss. plant
ATLANTA — Southern Co. shareholders will absorb $450 million in losses incurred while building a new coal-fired power plant in Mississippi, raising the total write-offs
Wyatt Emmerich: Kemper: Taxpayers take all the risk, no upside
With the latest rate increase caused by the runaway Kemper power plant, Mississippi Power residential customers will be paying 66 percent more for their electricity than Entergy customers in Mississippi.
Miss. Power: More overruns likely at Kemper
JACKSON — Mississippi Power Co. warned Monday that costs are still increasing at the power plant it’s building in Kemper County. The unit of Atlanta-based
Our view: Elvis would be proud of his cousin’s compassion
Brandon Presley has a ceiling he will never break through: He will never be Lee County’s MPP (Most Popular Presley).
Wyatt Emmerich: Is the tide turning in Kemper?
As predicted, the train wreck called the Kemper lignite plant is just getting started. It will be as bad as the beef plant but 100
Kemper plant reversal ‘major victory’
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley called the Mississippi Supreme Court’s Thursday reversal of a lower courts ruling approving construction of a Kemper county coal plant a “major victory” for Mississippi Power Company customers.